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INQUIRER.net US Bureau 6:59 am | Friday, August 15th, 2014 Unaccompanied minors have been coming across the US border. THINKPROGRESS.COM SAN FRANCISCO, California – San Francisco public schools will set aside resources for the short and long-term needs of unaccompanied immigrant children enrolling in the city’s school system. The San Francisco Board of Education unanimously approved a resolution August 12 committing the San Francisco Unified School District’s (SFUSD) help to unaccompanied child immigrant enrollee. “At SFUSD we welcome the privilege to educate all children, regardless of their immigration situation,” said Board of Education President Sandra Lee Fewer. “We also support family reunification and believe that all children have a civil right not only to an education, but to an environment that supports their safety and health,” Fewer added. “We hope to be setting an example for other school districts across the country that we can and should do the right thing for these students and those that have yet to come.” Schools Superintendent Richard Carranza said, “I am exceedingly proud that our schools are a part of this humanitarian relief effort. “SFUSD has effective academic programs to serve English learners and support services in place at our schools. We welcome all students regardless of their country of origin.” SFUSD has a number of Newcomer Pathways with an established system of support for newcomer students, which includes transitional and intensive academic support and resources and referrals to critical social services. The district has been monitoring enrollment and increasing the number of Read More …

By Tetch Torres-Tupas |INQUIRER.net 10:29 pm | Thursday, August 14th, 2014 MANILA, Philippines—The National Bureau of Investigation together with the Infanta Municipal Police in Quezon Province took into custody persons believed to have disposed of the body of a Japanese national and his girlfriend that have been missing for almost two months. Yun Okada, 54, and girlfriend Honeylyn Cirunay have been missing since last week of June. Taken into custody by the NBI are Eduardo Manayon, 57; Luisito Avellaneda, 41 and Vedasto Tena, 51. The three executed an affidavit on their participation in disposing the body of the victims. Manayon, in his affidavit, said they were asked by their so-called master to dispose of some trash. He said they have no idea that the “trash” were two dead people. Initially on June 30, they buried the body in a shallow grave, which was originally dug for treasure hunting. However, when they knew that the police were investigating the disappearance of two people, they got nervous and decided to exhume the cadavers and dump them at sea. Five cement sacks were filled up with sand and tied to the victims to make sure that the bodies will sink, Manayon said. The three will become the government’s witnesses. Suspects to the death of the two have been identified by the NBI’s Death Investigation Unit as Don Raleigh Reyes, 20 and Ashley, Okada’s adoptive daughter. Follow Us Other Stories: DND mulls pullout of PH peacekeepers in Liberia, Golan Heights Sea level rising in Read More …

5-6 Chinese coast guard vessels seen patrolling disputed waters, says AFP Chief By Nestor Corrales |INQUIRER.net 5:59 pm | Thursday, August 14th, 2014 Chinese Coast Guard ships. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines—”China is getting bolder and bolder.” That’s how Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief Lieutenant General Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr. described China’s presence at the West Philippines Sea. Catapang on Thursday said at least five to six Chinese coast guard vessels were seen patrolling at the disputed islands in the West Philippine Sea. “There are about 5 to 6. They are in Ayungin shoal and also in Scarborough shoal,” he told reporters after the turnover of assault rifles at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City. Catapang said most of the vessels were spotted at the Scarborough shoal or at the Ayungin shoal. He mentioned that more Chinese coast guard vessels were seen patrolling in the disputed areas in the past. The military chief said he already submitted a report to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) regarding the incident. “It is already with the DFA,” he said, citing the AFP is just the “muscle” of the government in implementing directives on what actions to undertake at the West Philippine Sea. He said that the Chinese government were continuing their reclamation activities in the disputed islands ignoring the Philippines motion before the United Nations International Tribunal on the Laws of the Sea (ITLOS). The Philippines and China has been locked up in a long standing maritime dispute over the West Philippine Read More …

• Filipino Canadian youths less likely to be college-degree holders than their parents or peers in other ethnic groups  • Percentage of Filipinos in management occupations is far lower than comparison groups  TORONTO, Canada – While there is considerable upward mobility among children of immigrants in Canada some groups, including Filipino youth, are less likely to be among them, a study reported. The study, “Understanding Intergenerational Social Mobility: Filipino Youth in Canada,” was published in February this year by the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP), an independent, bilingual Canadian non-profit organization. York University Geography Professor and Center for Asian Research Director Philip Kelly wrote: “Canadian research on intergenerational social mobility has shown that there is considerable upward mobility among children of immigrants. However, there are some groups that are exceptions to this overall pattern. Filipino youth present a double anomaly: they are less likely to hold a degree than either their parents or their peers in other racialized groups.” Gathering data from 1980 to 2009, Kelly compared the literacy rate among the three major countries that are the sources of immigrants to Canada, namely, China, India and the Philippines. “The percentage of Filipinos educated to the bachelor’s degree level or above is much higher than that of any of the comparison groups. If rates of participation and unemployment are taken as indicators of labor market success, then Filipinos are doing very well, but there is evidence that their high levels of human capital are not being recognized in the (Canadian) Read More …